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Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs i5 13600H

68 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
VS
55 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13600H
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
Intel Core i5 13600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 255H with 16-cores against the 2.8 GHz i5 13600H with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13600H and 255H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 255H
vs
Core i5 13600H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#143rd place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1270 MB/sec 1070 MB/sec
Clang compilation 103.2 Klines/sec 93.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 399 pages/sec 280 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 443.6 Mpixels/sec 380.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.7 pages/sec 258.9 pages/sec
Background blur 62.4 images/sec 55.8 images/sec
Photo processing 144.8 images/sec 110.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 24 Mpixels/sec 21 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 15 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 78.1 GOps/sec 77 GOps/sec
Floating point math 98.9 GOps/sec 56.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 303M Primes/sec 85M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 29.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.4 GBytes/sec 16.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 299.1 MBytes/sec 268.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2251 Frames/sec 1453 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.8B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2020 & 69 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 255H +70%
275.27
Core i5 13600H
162.33

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 37.5 PPW 18.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 540.1 PPW 277.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1097.3 PPW 514.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.83 PPW 3.61 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 -> xnullcodeGeekBench3009 / 11440
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 -> xnullcodeGeekBench2849 / 11877
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 -> xnullcodeGeekBench2848 / 11898
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 -> xnullcodeCinebench 20260 / 3496
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (xnullcode)GeekBench2708 / 11477
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Intel Core i5 13600H
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 255H and i5 13600H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 255H i5-13600H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
Intel CPU rating (50th and 113th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 28x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 95 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (61st and 150th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 1024 640
TMUs 64 40
ROPs 32 20
Execution Units 8 80
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 255H +142%
4.6 TFLOPS
Core i5 13600H
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Arc 140T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 255H official page Intel Core i5 13600H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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